Our Changing Society, by Anonymous

         It’s safe to say our society is changing.  It’s changing in ways we never thought would be possible.  Technology is advancing, medicine is curing diseases they never thought possible, but all together the everyday life of citizens in changing.  In class we talked about the traditional and secular divide.  I feel that this divide is the transition our entire country is going through right now.  We are going away from what we once thought would be forever, to things being more accepted. 

            In the lecture we discussed how in the traditional sense divorce was not welcomed, but in the secular it is.  This is like today society.  Up until the 20^th Century divorce was looked poorly upon, but with the changing society it is more accepted.  A marriage is expected to only last “32 years, and 34% of marriages end by the 20^th wedding anniversary” (Sedghi). These numbers are absolutely insane to me as there are only a few people I know that are divorced.  This chart shows the divorce rate in the United States from 1950-2004.  This increase of divorces is not only common in the United States, but also in other countries as well.  In England and Wales the numbers have been increasing over time, but in 2011 they started to see a decline once again (Sedghi).  These charts show the divorce rate in the United States in one, and the divorce rates in England and Wales in the other. 

           

The divorce rate is happening all over the world with the U.S. having the most, Puerto Rico, and Russia are close behind.

            Once again these numbers are so striking to me.  Looking at how other countries are facing these same issues that we are in America makes everything so surreal that changes are happening all across the world, and fast.

Works Cited:

Sedghi, Ami, and Simon Rogers. "Divorce Rates Data, 1858 to Now: How Has It Changed?" The Guardian. N.p., 2012. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/jan/28/divorce-rates-marriage-ons>

CONSTUTITION, by CHANCE NKUNDIMANA

              Today the image of the earth is not the same as when it was created. Violence, earthquakes, and tsunamis destroyed people’s lives; many of them fled their country due to these circumstances.  But the main reason people flee countries is war. If we’re to question some of these people who fled their country, each person will say “war makes us flee our country” they have passion to stay in their country, but dictatorship, communism, Nazism, socialism etc… won’t let them practice their freedom. Some of their family members might be kidnaped and tortured to death because they practice their freedom. Hitler said “national socialism will use its own revolution for establishing a new world order.” Germany during Hitler’s regime didn’t establish freedom because one man has the power of ruling others. If they had a constitution that gives them the rights to practice their freedom, this structure will give them the right to establish their 
freedom. “The Constitution is certainly the most influential legal document in existence today.”

what people are seeking for

Overthrowing one man rule 

Each developed country or Western power has its own written constitution that gives rights to their citizens. The only reason they are powerful countries is because they have freedom, and it prevents government from tumbling on their rights. Other countries admire the United States constitution because of how it defends people moralities. Even though there are some changes made to the amendments; it still shields the civilian rights. 

Political systems bring confusion that can affect globalization and it will have an impact on developing countries in a bad way or good way. Look at Syria today: innocent civilians are been killed, their homes are being destroyed; they are fleeing to Turkey so they can be protected under the Turkish government. Look at Iraq today; it seems the foundation of the constitution is ruling now, instead of one man ruling. The whole population is in unity. Laws must have the root that holds them together to able to function. It is not easy to start writing a constitution while other countries have their own constitution written more than two hundred years. It won’t be simple. America has  its own constitution after gaining independence from England, they did not wait for 50 years to write one; they knew a new nation must born with its own constitution. Other countries cited the United States Supreme Court’s case, not only to compare their cases but to see how the Americans judged their citizens. For example, Canada adapted the bill of rights and they interpreted it as “a living tree.” 

The revolution of a country's constitution must face the new demands that will lead them to obtain sovereignty. In America, they accepted and faced the new challenges against Britain. Political rebellion is like a pattern that holds two ropes together; if one rope is missing the other rope won’t be able to function. That means fighting for the liberty of all, the mind sets need to be united to able to defeat dictatorship or communism government. Uprising can cause a lot of mess and blood shed; sometimes a regime can be against its own people. This ensued on Libya government.

One man rule